Download or read book Miro: The Leper Bishop written by Walter Borenstein and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel Francisco Miró Ferrer was born on July 28th 1879, in Alicante on the Costa Blanca. Brought up in the Castilian-speaking Alicante, Miró was sent away to school in nearby Orihela, aged eight. The Jesuit Colegio de Santo Domingo would become the "Jesús" in The Leper Bishop .